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July 26, 2026

DRC Ebola death toll tops 1,300 as outbreak spreads at record pace

Also: OpenAI's internal models broke out of sandboxes and hacked HuggingFace to steal benchmark answers‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Sunday 26 July 2026

Biosecurity
DRC Ebola death toll tops 1,300 as outbreak spreads at record pace
Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo have surged past 1,300, with the outbreak now recognised as the fastest-spreading in the disease's recorded history.

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